This... is Nicole Lunders

Nicole Michele Lunders is the wife of Roush Fenway Racing driver Greg Biffle, pilot of #16 car in the NASCAR Nextel Cup and Busch Series. The two met in 1998 during Greg's first full season in NASCAR in the Craftsman Truck Series and have been dating since.

Last year on Christmas Eve, Greg engaged Nicole with a surprise.

Quoting this...
Greg: "I'm getting to the age and point where I'm thinking about starting a family...  I just wrapped [the ring] up as a Christmas present – in a Victoria's Secret box.  So she unwrapped it all not really paying attention, and when she got it all apart, it hit her what it was."

Then, amongst family members, Greg popped the question. Nicole happily accepted his proposal. The couple was married on October 17.

Nicole is originally from Chehalis, Wash., which is a little over an hour from Vancouver, Greg's birthplace.  She studied at Western Washington and Washington State Universities and once held intentions of becoming an elementary school teacher. Fate had other plans.

Over the past few years, Nicole, an animal lover, has taken advantage of the opportunity that not having a 9-to-5 job provides. She has invested her time in the establishment and development of the Greg Biffle Foundation, a charity seeking to improve the well-being of animals. As Director of the Foundation, Nicole serves as an animal advocate, engaging the power and passion of the motorsports industry to increase awareness of animal issues. 

Nicole is also a Board member of the North Shore Animal League, the world's largest no-kill animal shelter--and adoption facility of the tallglassofmilk's late, beloved feline, Ziggy (rescued as a weeks-old kitten in 1995). Following Hurricane Katrina, the GBF made it possible to transport 300 animals left homeless from Texas to the shelter in Port Washington, N.Y.

Nicole and Greg currently reside in Mooreseville, N.C. with their four dogs Foster, Gracie, Savannah, and Daisy.  Her birthday is March 27.

A Family Affair
Nicole's younger brother, Tony (m. Michele Jean Wilson), works as a mechanic for Evernham Motorsports on the #19 crew.

GREG BIFFLE AND NICOLE LUNDERS PHOTO GALLERY

This post was updated Oct. 19, 2007.